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THE ORPHANT ANNIE BOOK 




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Copyright, 1892, 1898, 1900 
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To all the little children: — The happy ones; and sad ones; 
The sober and the silent ones ; the boisterous and glad ones ; 



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LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE she knows riddles, rhymes and things! 

Kiwics 'boat the Witches 'at rides brooms, an' Imps 'at flies with wings 
The same as bats er lightnin'-bugs ! — An' knoius 'bout Ring-mo-rees 
'At thist can take an' turn their selves in anything they please ! 
''An' childerns all, both great an' small," she says, an' rolls her eyes 

When ive're a-listnun', all so still, ''you neeclen' be surprise' 
Ef right this livin' minuf — 'fore ye know they's one about — 
'At the G0BBLE-UN8 'II git ye— 

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LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE 

Little Orphant Annie's come to our house to stay, 
An' wash the cups an' saucers up, an' brush the crumbs away, 
An' shoo the chickens off the porch, an' dust the hearth, an' sweep, 
An' make the fire, an' bake the bread, an' earn her board-an'-keep ; 
An' all us other childern, when the supper things is done, 
We set around the kitchen fire an' has the mostest fun 
A-list'nin' to the witch-tales 'at Annie tells about, 
An' the Gobble-uns 'at gits you 
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Onc't they was a little boy wouldn't say his prayers, — 
So when he went to bed at night, away up stairs, 
His Mammy heerd him holler, an' his Daddy heerd him bawl, 
An' when they tiirn't the kivvers down, he wasn't there at all ! 
An' they seeked hiai in the rafter-room, an' cubby-hole, an' press, 
An' seeked him up the chimbly-llue, an' ever'wheres, I guess ; 
But all they ever found was thist his pants and roundabout :— 
An' the Gobble-uns '11 git you 
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An' one time a little girl 'ud alius laugh an' grin, 
An' make fun of ever'one, an' all her blood an' kin ; 
An' onc't, when they was " company," an' ole folks was there, 
She mocked 'em an' shocked 'em, an' said she didn't care ! 
An' thist as she kicked her heels, an' turn't to run an' hide, 
They was two great big Black Things a-standin' by her side. 
An' they snatched her through the ceilin' 'fore she knowed what she's about ! 
An' the Gobble-uns '11 git you 
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BILLY MILLER'S CIRCUS -SHOW 

At Billy Miller's Circus-Show— 

In their old stable where it's at — 
The boys pays twenty pins to go, 

An' gits their money's-worth at that !- 
'Cause Billy he can climb an' chalk 
His stockin'-feet an' purt'-nigh walk 
A tight-rope — yes, an' ef he fall 
He'll ketch, an' "skin a cat" — 'at's all ! 





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At Billy Miller's Circiis-Show 

He's got a circus-ring — an' they's 
A clressin'-room, — so's lie can go 

An' dress an' paint np when he plays 
He's somepin' else; — 'cause sometimes he's 
"Eingmaster" — bossin' like he please — 
An' sometimes "Ephalunt" — er "Bare- 
Back Rider," prancin out o' there ! 



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He's "The Old Clown," an' got on clo'es 
All stripud, — an' white hat, all tall 

An' peakud — like in shore-'nuff shows, — 
An' got three-cornered red-marks, too. 
On his white cheeks — ist like they do ! — 
An' you'd ist die, the way he sings 
An' dances an' says funny things ! 




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I rutJier go to the Circus-show ; 
But, 'cause my parunts told me so, 
I ruther g-o to the Sund'y School, 
'Cause there I learn the golduii rule. 
Say, Pa, — what is the goldun rule 
'At's alius at the Sund'y School? 



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THE BOY LIVES ON OUR FARM 

The Boy lives on our Farm, he's not 

Afeard o' horses none ! 
An' he can make 'em lope, er trot, 

Er rack, er pace, er run. 
Sometimes he drives tv^^o horses, Avhen 

He comes to town an' brings 
A wagon-full o' 'taters nen, 

An' roastin'-ears an' things. 



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Ef I knowed niueli as that, 
An' could stand np like him an' drive, 

An' ist push back my hat. 
Like he comes skallyhootin' through 

Our alley, with one arm 
A-\vavin' Fare-ye-well ! to you — 

The Boy lives on our Farm ! 



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He sawed it first with the old hand-saw ; 

An' nen he peeled off the bark, an' got 
Some glass an' scraped it ; an' told 'bout Pa, 
When he wuz a boy an' fooled his Ma, 

An' the whippin' 'at he caught. 

Nen Uncle Sidney, he took an' filed 

A' old arn ramrod; an' one o' the ends 
He screwed fast into the vise ; an' smiled, 
Thinkin', he said, o' when he wuz a child. 
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He punched out the peth, an' nen he putt 

A phig in the end with a hole notched throug-h ; 
Nen took the old drawey-knife an' cut 
An' maked a handle 'at shoved clean shut 
But ist where yer hand held to. 

An' he wropt th' uther end with some string an' white 

Piece o' the sleeve of a' old tored shirt ; 
An' nen he showed me to hold it tight, 
An' suck in the water an' work it right. — 
An' it 'ud ist squirt an' squirt ! 



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THE OLD HAY-MOW 

The Old Hay-mow's the place to play 
Fer boys, when it's a rainy day! 
I good-'eal ruther be up there 
Than down in town, er anywhere ! 

When I play in our stable-loft. 
The good old hay's so dry an' soft, 
An' feels so fine, an' smells so sweet, 
I 'most ferget to go an' eat. 



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To g'o 'tel dinner was all et, — 
An' they had short-cake — an' — Bud he 
Hogged up the piece Ma saved fer me 

Nen I won't let him play no more 
In our hay-mow where I keep store 
An' got hen-eggs to sell, — an' shoo 
The cackle-un old hen out, too ! 



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A-visitun from Eensselaer, 
An' bringed ray little cousin, — he 
Can come up there an' play with me. 

But, after while — when Bud he bets 
'At I can't turn no summersetts, — 
I let him come up, ef he can 
Ac' ha'f-way like a gentleman ! 



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